Wednesday, September 07, 2005
10:58 PM
I am notorious for falling asleep in lectures and tutorials back in the JC days. My talent for dozing off in the midst of the most exciting of lectures has given my classmates quite a few memorable moments in their otherwise mundane JC days, none of which I share.
They've taken pictures of me lying my head on Huan Hui's shoulders, took turns to copy notes for me, and even wrote a birthday note for me, all whilst I was in slumberland (I think I must've slept the most on my birthday of all days).
And now that I'm (sort of) working in an office now, I find that I still have this gift. I eyes always feel heavy during certain hours, and I can't seem to stay awake the whole day even though I've been sleeping steady 8 hours for the past few nights. Heck, the number of hours that I am actually able to concentrate on doing the brainy parts of my clerical work can be counted with one finger, or two.
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A CatholicGirl-Jock-Mugger is something I'm trying to become (vaguely). And for me to fulfil the 'Mugger' part, I've figured that I'll need to be reading with focus for at least more hours than I can count in one hand a day. And I've been wracking my brains and stressing myself out, figuring how I was going to carry on in such a lethargic state into university and still be a successful mugger.
And university lectures would surely be more taxing than my clerical work.
Recently, I believe I've figured out the reason why I always seem to feel helplessly sleepy during the day, especially after lunch.
Initially, I thought that my afternoon sleepiness was caused by my eating too much during lunches, and too quickly, hence resulting in my brain using all its power trying to digest the food. So I started eating more slowly, and chewing my food completely before swallowing, But all I got was a sore jaw after a week or so of trying.
Then I found out that if I had a heavy breakfast at the canteen and then a late lunch (when I just started to feel a little hungry), I was able to stay awake throughout the WHOLE DAY! Turned out that having a light breakfast, and holding out with an empty stomache till lunch time was the one that made me sleepy. Regardless of how little I ate for lunch on an empty stomache, it made me feel sleepy.
However, the solution would mean that I would soon grow heavier due to my heavy meals. And so, I have to start running more, thereby conveniently fulfilling the 'Jock' part of the mould I'm trying to fit into.
As for the CatholicGirl part, maybe I will elaborate another time... maybe not.
Nevertheless, (NS) the issue of (IS) prime importance (DOING) now, really is to make sure (ME) that my theory about the (IN) correlation between (I'M) a canteen breakfast and (GOING) dozing off during (CRAZY) afternoons is right.
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Hello good-ole Catholic girl? You Irish? I love lovely nubile Irish girls... Muahaha!
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p/s: My poor attempt at attaining an Irish identity...
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Grand! Grand! Grand!
p/s: My poor attempt at attaining an Irish identity...
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